Resume - functional vs. chronological?

Jul 15, 2009 13:32

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Example: ( from my own resume) socktree July 15 2009, 19:10:59 UTC
Program Management/Research
OHSU School of Nursing (2008-2009) Communications Intern
Data management and analysis; web design; work as part of a team to create School of Nursing website using CommonSpot.

YWCA of Clark County (2008), Domestic Violence Prevention Intern
Researching and organizing domestic violence curriculums that are most effective for audience; recruiting and training volunteers to conduct presentations; conducting focus groups with various agencies of young adults and adolescents; acting as a liaison between community resources, agency members and professionals; gathering pre- and post- data for analysis of how program can become better and outcome effectiveness using surveys and facilitator follow-ups.

Goose Hollow Family Shelter (2007), Volunteer Coordinator
Recruiting volunteers; scheduling volunteers throughout the month; organized and entered into a database various statistics about shelter guests; created resource list for shelter guests.

Counseling
LifeworksNW (2008-2009), Counseling Intern
Individual, group and family counseling with emotionally disturbed children in a day program setting; assessments; working with an interdisciplinary treatment team as well as with family members; research on effective treatment options of ADD/ADHD and Asperger’s Syndrome.

Columbia River Mental Health Services (2008), Practicum Student
Observing intakes, sessions, as well as interacting with the clients in a group setting; working one-on-one with program and agency participants, all of whom at at-risk youth.

Domestic Violence Resource Center (2006), Child Facilitator/Shelter Advocate
Facilitation of psycho-education material for shelter children, answering crisis line, coordinating resources and assisting shelter guests.

New Avenues for Youth (2005), Group Facilitator
Working with the clients (homeless youth) in the transitional housing unit and collaborating with them to remodel their media room.

Teaching/Facilitation
Educational Services District #112 (2001-2003), Teen Facilitator
Providing at-risk youth with psycho-education on tobacco cessation and media literacy. Audience including youth at in-patient units, out-patient units and juvenile correctional units.

ETA: Most of these things on my resume were volunteer or non-paid. I chose "facilitator" titles to put down because they are more accurate and look better than "Volunteer". There is nothing wrong with this, as per my career counseling teacher.

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Re: Example: ( from my own resume) ladyclaire July 16 2009, 04:04:50 UTC
Ok, so I have a question regarding how you set this up. You seem to only list a job once on the resume, even though you have multiple subjects. Did your career coach advise you to do this? I'm not sure if I should also only list a position once, or if it had multiple responsibilities that I can list it several times throughout the resume under different subjects. Example: I was the Marketing & Communications intern at an organization, so I was going to put this under Editorial/Design Expertise as well as possibly Facilitation, since I did work in both categories. I think I'm probably thinking too hard about this, but I want to make sure that I don't overkill something/make a mistake that will chuck me to the resume reject bin.

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Re: Example: ( from my own resume) socktree July 16 2009, 04:23:33 UTC
listing the same job more than once on a resume seem pretty redundant.

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Re: Example: ( from my own resume) traversant July 17 2009, 00:11:59 UTC
I can see how that might be helpful for someone with your experience, but if you've only worked a string of cashiering jobs, with the exact same tasks, I don't see the point..

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Re: Example: ( from my own resume) socktree July 17 2009, 00:15:39 UTC
Then a chronological resume may be a better choice for you.

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